THANKFUL 2010

1. The opportunity I was given to be a mother:
It's a humbling experience, I always thought I'd be perfect and do it all the right way, but by golly.. IT'S HARD WORK! I am doing my best (some of the time) and the other times I say I'm sorry and teach lessons of asking for forgiveness by example. Another thing that I teach my children by example is this: We are a family and we will never fail or give up on each other, no matter what, its US against the WORLD (you'll never reach the end of the road while you're traveling w/me).

2. Music:
I use my ipod touch every single day. Music moves and motivates me, I couldn't have become this fabulously-fit without my ipod as a constant/faithful companion. My newest CD I just purchased today (an early Christmas gift to myself) is Susan Boyle, The Gift. I heard her on Oprah the one and only day I've turned on the TV for about a year and I made a note to myself to make sure and buy it to feel something during this Christmas season and help me get in the mood.. it's doing its job!

3. Employment @ Lowe's Home Improvement:
Nicole Wilson - Kitchen Project Specialist, I never knew a job could bring so much entertainment. These last couple days I go up to cashier just to give customers a hard time and to try to put a smile on their face. I receive a great deal of excitement when I make others happy and make them laugh or when they just smile ant me and give me a look like they think I'm crazy :) I'm very thankful for having the opportunity to interact with inspiring people and open my mind to what's out there in this BIG world. My co-workers are like family to me.. I just love them!

4. My Perfect Health
My clear mind that is optimistic and open to new thing, strong muscles that never fail me, clear eyesight to guide me down the right path, never-ending endurance to run like the wind, creativity that never sleeps, and the passion/drive to be the best I can be so I will attract a suitable companion to share my blissful life with.

5.

Magical Time of Year!

I love Christmas music!

Click below to sample my fav. Christmas song..
This is my favorite Christmas song

I am busting it out and putting up the tree in: THE COUNTDOWN

3. Tuesday

2. Wednesday

1. Thursday (Thanksgiving)

Days .. "On this night, on this very Christmas night!"

Winner.. the best Facebook Wall Post in history!

The following conversation takes place on my brother Zack's facebook wall (he is the little guy in the photo wearing a Davy Crocker hat):

additional info. you might want to know.. Zack is the 4th child and Christian is the 5th child, they used to almost kill ea. other when sibling rivalry would take place.. Chris was out of town for a week visiting his buddies in Seattle and returned with the remote missing in the upstairs family room/play room.




Christian Wilson- Hey, I heard you came over to mom and dads over the weekend,..so what the hell did you guys do with the upstairs remote??!!!
Thursday at 8:03pm

Candy Echols Salih- Check ur Dad's pocket on his robe, lol
Thursday at 9:14pm

Dustin Harris- Ha I remember you guys gluing a string to your remotes back in the day. When will there be remote alarms, just a button so that the remote goes off like a fire alarm.
Thursday at 11:14pm

Zack Wilson- look behind the couch. Or on the dresser next to it.
Yesterday at 4:00pm

Christian Wilson- Dude, I obviously tore the whole room apart before asking you where it is . I'm super pissed, your a douche bag!!! Looking behind or around the couch was the first place I looked! I think you should check your butt hole!
Yesterday at 4:50pm

Zack Wilson- Mire! Im a little last born buttmunch! I hate cold butter on bread! Mrrr!
23 hours ago

Christian Wilson- It tears the bread! ...God I want to kill you.
23 hours ago

Just A Dream

Click Here to watch the video "Just A Dream"

Woke up this morning..

.. choking on my saliva from it going down the wrong tube, and to my dismay my dream was just getting really. really. GOOD! Anyways, all that coughing woke up this little cutie who stayed the night with his Auntie, he is all smiles and sunshine in the mornings, I love my little Kyan boy!

We went down to the kitchen and he helped me with the dishes.

A day in the life ..

.. of my family!
Kalen was almost done beating the Spiderman Wii game and I went in there to bug him, looked at the screen and saw a big scary monster so I took him serious that he needed to focus and left him alone.. I know, I'm really thoughtful and nice.
(I climbed on top of the fridge to take this awesome photo) The drapery aren't finished but I hung them up just because I can't stand to not have something there while I'm working on the finished product.

after winning the game Kalen diligently practiced his viola:

and Rylee went to her room to work on her homework:

I finished my kitchen valance and hung it up .. so proud of myself :)

This blender is my favorite kitchen appliance!

My Special Aunt

My view out my backyard to the west tonight, 11/17 at 5:30pm

Tonight is going to be really sad and kinda hard for me. I am going to the hospital to visit my favorite Aunt Cheryl. She is my Moms oldest sister, the oldest child of the Knights side of the family. Out of all of my Aunts and Uncles on both sides she is the one I have the spent the most time with and been spoiled so greatly by. She is one of the most generous persons I have ever met in my whole life. She is the one who bought me school clothes growing up and let me stay at her house in 6th grade for a month because her daughter was getting married and I was to be a Jr. bridesmaid in the September wedding. I would babysit her youngest child Scottie Joe while she worked and in return she would take me shopping and outfit me in the latest neon colored shirts, jeans, and accessories! I was the hottest dresser because of my Aunt decking me out. When Scottie Joe was a baby Cheryl lived in Valdez, AK the only other relative I had in that town so I spent a lot of time with her. She would take me to Tastee Freez and Halibut House and treat me to things my Mom didn't like me eating. Aunt Cheryl always had lots of junk food and candy at her house and it was no where to be found in my home growing up. The first year I lived in Utah I didn't have much money for school clothes for Kalen to go to kindergarten and Rylee's preschool so she took us out on the town and outfitted them plus provided each of them with a backpack.
I got the phone call at work today from my Mom that Aunt Cheryl is in the hospital again, and that her liver has failed and she has has several mini strokes. I have never had to experience death of a family member before, when my Grandma & Grandpa Knight died I was young and I never really knew them well since I didn't see them often. I'm nervous and I don't know what to say or how to act, but I am determined to go visit her regardless of how hard its going to be :(

Ashley aka "Tooter/Babysitter"

My parents are always there for me when I need them.. especially when I need someone to watch my children. I hate it though, it's NOT what I want, it's NOT what I planned for my life.. however its what is happening for now. I am so thankful for all they do for us but I know they want to be the Mema & Papa and NOT the parents.

Soooo I hired a fun girl to come and watch them and help them with homework/chores. The first night Ashley showed up, the kids had never met her and I was already at work so I told them before they opened the door they had to ask her what the magic password was: BANANAS
I guess she remembered it because they let her in. When I got home that night she told me about the grasshopper that Rylee named Bob and how it jumped all over with one leg and then all of a sudden it went missing.. I found it a few days later in the corner of the dining room hiding under a sewing project (deceased). Kalen called Ashley "babysitter" in a silly tone all night and demanded her to get him water and various other items in the kitchen (jokingly of course). Rylee claimed, "You guys are making a big mess" while they were playing the game Apples To Apples, and then threw her cards up in the air to add to the mess. Ashley and the kids had a good time together so I asked her if she would be willing to come more often and let me pay her for helping me! I'm not one of those kinda girls who hate to admit their weaknesses, in face hell I will tell it to your face what I can and cannot do for you.. well one of my parenting weaknesses is helping with homework.. it stresses me the hell out quite honestly. So that is Ashley's #1 job :) Oh why didn't I do this a long time ago? So Rylee said lets call her "tooter" instead of tutor, and Kalen was insistent on calling her "babysitter".

Thank HEAVENS for our ASHLEY!

Classic Skating Family Night

If you have an elementary age kid, you know how cool it is for them to go to Classic Skating! They do this thing called "snowball" and there is a guys choice and a girls choice where the kids pick who they want to skate around with and they HOLD HANDS! lol
Yep, I'm one of those Mom's who take their camera everywhere and catch all the memories, maybe they'll thank me one day or hate me. Either way I am going to keep doing it!

Rylee with a choice skating partner:


Kalen skating backwards: